Means for pressure roller spindle support and adjusting duplicating machines



June 23, 1 953 RQM. FORD ETAL 2,642,799 MEANS FOR PRESSURE ROLLER SPINDLE SUPPORT AND ADJUSTING DUPLICATING MACHINES Filed April 27, 1950 2 Shets-Sheet 1 AGEN R. MEANS'FO June 23, 1953 M. FORD ETAL 2,

R PRESSURE-ROLLER SPINDLE SUPPORT AND ADJUSTING DUPLICATING MACHINES Flled Aprll 27, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 uwEm-oQs M M M M AGaENT Patented June 23, 1953 SUPPORT AND MACHINES Ronald Max Ford and George Thomas Sparkbrook, Birmingham, ler assignor to Frank R. brook, Birmingham,

ADJUSTING DUPLICATING Butler, England; said But- Ford Limited, Spark- England, a British com- Application April 27, 1950, Serial No. 158,382

In Great Britain 3 Claims.

1 This invention relates to duplicating machines of the kind in which a copy sheet and a master sheet bearin in reversed script the matter to be reproduced. are passed in pressure contact be- May 7, 1949 lever I I, these levers being pivoted coaxially on a horizontal axis I2 disposed at one end of each lever. The upper edge'of each lever is provided with a recess I3 in which is supported an end tween a cylinder which carries the master sheet 5 of the pressure roller spindle I4 carrying the and a pressure roller, the copy sheet being moispressure roller I5. tened before bein brought into contact with the The levers I I are capable of rocking in a vera t t, tical plane about their pivots, and their lower The object of the present invention is to proedges I6 are supported upon cams or eccentrics vide improved or simplified means for adjustably H on a shaft rotatably mounted in the side supporting theends of the pressure roller. members I 0 of the machine frame. According to the present invention the ends The cam or eccentric shaft as shown in Figure of the pressure roller spindle are supported in 3 made in two parts each having an end portion members movably mounted on the side members I8 rotatably supported in a bearin I9 in one of of the frame, and these movable members are the side members III of the frame and each havsupported upon cams or eccentrics on a shaft suping the main portion I'I disposed under the levers ported in the frame and parallel to the axis of and between the side members of the frame. the cylinder and the pressure roll-er, so that the These main portions I! are eccentric in relation pressure exerted by the pressure roller on the to the end portions I78, and the two main porcylinder can be adjusted by turning the shaft. i n r connected together y providing a Further, the pressure at each end of the presthreaded p o U 11 ch s a 00k nut sure roller spindle is adjustable. This is done which spigot engages in screwed sockets 22 in by making the cams or eccentric adjustable the members The p got 20 and socket 22 around the axis of the shaft upon which they F are coaxial with the end portions I8 of the shaft, are mounted. These cams or eccentrics may be d t ar a g ment is such that the lock nut angularly adjustable around the axis of the said can be loosened and one eccentric portion I1 can shaft. be turned in relation to the other and then the The shaft may be made in two parts each hav- 100k nut an be e-tightened. This operation ing an end portion for mounting in a bearing brings the eccentrics I! out of register and the in a side member of the frame. These end poradjustment may be made until absolute uniformtions are coaxial and each is provided with a y of pressure along its length c n b Obtained main portion formed as an eccentric, one of the for the p e o ler 5. The two eccentric parts having a projecting pin at its end engaging portions I! may be provided with flats 23 or in a socket in the adjacent end of the other part, Other means Which can b a e y a panner the pin and socket being disposed coaxially with or other tool. the end portions of the two shaft parts, and the One end po ion I8 is p v d d with an operattwo parts being angularly adjustable around the ing member 24 for turning the eccentric shaft as axis of their end portions and capable of being a whole to raise or lower the pressure roller I5 locked together in various adjusted positions. nd the other end portion s p d with a The invention is illustrated in the accompany- Spring Washer 25 c in mb n tion with the ing drawings wherein; clearance between the portion I1 and bearin I9 Figure 1 is a side view of a machine according at the other end allows for the slight variationin to the invention. axial length when the portions I! are adjusted Figure 2 is a part section on the line 2-2 of with respect to one another. Figure 1. The machine is provided with an operating Figure 3 is an exploded view in perspective of handle 26, master cylinder 21 and moistening the eccentric shaft. means 28 for moistening copy sheets 29 fed from Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig- 3, feedtable 30. The cylinder 21 is also provided we 2 with check means 3| as described in our co-pend- Figure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figing application Serial No. 158,381, now U, s, ure 2. Patent No. 2,623,459.

In the construction shown in the accompanyt We claim then ing drawing the frame of the machine has two 1, In a duplicating machine of the kind in side members In of the usual form, and pivoted which a copy sheet and a master sheet bearing to the inner surface of each side member I0 is a in reversed script the matter to be reproduced ing movably mounted in the machine frame for.

controlled movement towards and away from the master cylinder, a shaft supported in the frame with its axis parallel to the axis of the master cylinder, said shaft being formed in two parts connected together at their inner ends, a cam portion on each said part fixedly associated with the shaft part, means for rotatively adjusting said parts of the shaft, said support members being arranged to rest upon said cam portions, and means for turning said shaft as a Whole whereby the two parts thereof are rotated simultaneously about the axis of the shaft.

2. In a duplicating machine of the kind in which a copy sheet and a master sheet bearing in reversed script the matter to be reproduced are passed in pressure contact between a cylinder which carries the master sheet and a pressure roller, the copy sheet being moistened before being brought into contact with the master sheet; means for supporting the spindle of the pressure roller between spaced side members of the machine frame comprising, a lever pivotally mounted upon each side'member of the frame about an axis parallel to the axis of the master cylinder, a shaft supported in the frame with its axis parallel to the axis of the master cylinder, said shaft being formed in two parts, a portion of each part being formed eccentrically with respect to the axis of the shaft, a screwed spigot connecting the inner ends of said parts, means for turning said parts relatively to one another about the axis of the shaft, said levers being arranged to rest upon said eccentric portions and means for turning said shaft as a whole whereby the two parts thereof are rotated simultaneously about the axis of the shaft.

3. In a duplicating machine of the kind in which a copy sheet and a master sheet bearing in reversed script the matter to be reproduced are passed in pressure contact between a cylinder which carries the master sheet and a pressure roller, the'copy sheet being moistened before being brought into contact with the master sheet; means for supporting the spindle of the pressure roller between spaced side members of the machine frame comprising, a lever pivotally mounted upon each side member of the frame about an axis parallel to the axis of the master cylinder, a shaft supported in the frame with its axis parallel to the axis of the master cylinder, said shaft being formed in two halves, a portion of each half being formed of circular cross-section and eccentrically with respect to the axis of the shaft, a screwed spigot connecting said halves and the eccentric portion of each half having a flat surface thereon at the end adjacent said spigot, said levers being arranged to rest upon said eccentric portions, an operating member at one end of said shaft and a spring member acting upon the other end thereof, said operating member being adapted for turning said shaft as a whole whereby the two parts thereof are rotated simultaneously about the axis of the shaft.

RONALD MAX FORD. GEORGE THOMAS BUTLER.

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